Purple tube anemone

thats one of the most stunning looking things Ive seen in a long time

 

yes, the coloration of it...I love anemones, always have. Any kind are pretty much cool except for the aptasia and majano

 

Well since you guys seem to like it so much, I present to you mr. and mrs. Tube



The tentacles of the larger female are impressively long

 

My fear would be if it bailed out of its tube it would end up touching my other corals causing damage. Are they like other nems where they tend to sting everything they touch or is that not much of an issue with these guys? I am pretty sure my 2 clowns, flame angel, blue hippo, and melanarus wrasse would all be too big and strong to become lunch for the anemone but maybe a snail, crab, or starfish can easily be gobbled up?

 

Very beautiful Anemones!

 

I've never lost anything to these guys nor have I personally been stung (unlike my condy that screwed my arm over) as said before they are fairly "patient" with where you place them. The only reason you see two in this picture is cus I placed the orange one next to the purple one a a few weeks ago and it hasn't budged. It ha moved slightly to find a perfectly comfortable position for it, but from what I know they aren't big vagabonds. Mind you any element that comes in contact with small polyps can be the source of irritation for a coral. This said adequate space should be given to avoid such irritation especially seeing how the tentacles expand at night. Again I've never had a single loss from predation of these creatures. If seen them scavenge the sand bed near them for food chunks and the way I feed is such that they can always obtain something to munch. Fish seem to instinctively avoid them so perhaps your fears are founded but again never seen them catch anything vigorous enough to swim

 

Very handsome couple

 

Merci ^^

 

updated pictures

here are some more pics, love these two. the orange one has become considerably smaller

 

Nice... i love the color. Is this actually a tube worm? Something closer to a feather duster as opposed to a nem? Do they retract into their tubes? Are they photosynthetic? Looks like it could make a nice addition.